Center funding approved

Airway Heights council agrees to use real estate excise tax money to cover excess costs

Airway Heights City Council was busy at the Aug. 21 meeting. One of the major business items taken care of was the board’s approval of the Real Estate Excise Tax (REET) going towards helping fund the Recreation Center.

J.C. Kennedy, the parks and recreation director, explained that the costs of the center have been more than expected and that he has been told by the designers to dedicate funds as soon as possible to the recreation center. The initial costs also did not include street improvements around the building which is going estimate around $400,000.

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